Aug 21, 2013 Podcast: New Ways To Sleep Better,
How To Track Your Sleep, Should Blood Sugar Go Up When You
Exercise, Are Fillers In Multivitamins Bad, Should You Get Your
Knee Injected, and How To Eliminate Decision Fatigue.

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Listener Q&A:

Testimonial from Rolynn After reading some of
Ben's articles, he was able to diagnose himself with gluten
intolerance, clean up his diet and start setting some PRs in his
races again (first ones since May). He also dropped 3lbs and felt
much better and lighter. He could also feel his body getting
cleaner. He really credits your articles on eating gluten free
prior to race days and the 4
day detox challenge.

New Ways To Sleep Better

Heather says @ 00:25:32 Body Health just put
out a new supplement called Healthy Sleep Ultra. It is a little
expensive but she knows they make good quality supplements. She has
sleep issues and has tried many things that you have suggested. If
this is something new that might be able to help her, she is
willing to spend the money but she wanted your opinion first. ~
In my response to Heather, I mention:

How To Track Your Sleep

Michael says @ 00:33:59 He uses the Sleep
Tracker app by Innovative Sleep Solutions. They say it is 90%
accurate as compared to a real sleep test. Do you believe them? Do
you know of any sleep tracking apps or devices that might be
better? ~ Here's where you can buy the Sleeptracker from Amazon and support the
podcast.

Should Blood Sugar Go Up When You Exercise

Jason asks @ 00:43:21 He is a Type 1 diabetic,
31 years old, and is having trouble with his glucose readings in
the morning. They jump very quickly, especially after exercise
which he knows is normal. He has been counteracting the effects of
exercise raising his blood sugar with some fast acting insulin but
is looking for a better, more natural way, to control it. He has
been IM from 6pm until noon and he follows a low-carb ketogenic
diet. ~ In my response to Jason, I mention MPX100, but be careful if diabetic.

Are Fillers In Multivitamins Bad?

Jennifer says @ 00:54:01 She takes a lot of
supplements (and I do mean a lot) and is concerned about the
"other" ingredients in her supplements like: Vegetable Cellulose,
silica, vegetable magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose,
dicalcium phosphate, vegetable stearic acid. She doesn't know what
those are or how they impact the body. Could they be causing issue
when taken in aggregate? ~ In my response, I mention porphyrin and toxin testing
with Directlabs.

Should You Get Your Hip Injected?

Will says @ 01:01:10 He has been diagnosed with
a torn hip labrum. He also has very little cartilage left in his
hip. His doctor wants him to try Synvisc. Do you have an opinion on
that? Also, if he had $50/month to spend on supplements, what do
you think would be the best way to spend that money? ~ In my
response, I recommend Capraflex and fish oil.

How To Eliminate Decision Fatigue

Brian wrote @ 01:08:36 You recently talk about
decision fatigue. Although I believe this is a problem for me on
occasion I feel my problem is more decision overload. Too many
variable in the grand scheme of is this the right day to do this
work out, right time to eat this, right ingredients, right
protein/fat/carb make up etc. It seems like there is always another
level of decisions. What should I do to simply this? ~ In my
response to Brian, I mention my article on decision fatigue and this
NY Times article on decision fatigue. I also
mention my "Don't Mow Your Lawn" article.

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